Pay Our Troops Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5641.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4458):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Allows the Department of Defense to use advance appropriated funds for the purpose of ensuring that active- duty members of the US Armed Services are paid through FY24.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗

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  232 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5641, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5641

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  93443418c133e2ebbdd7dc2f221ce96ddc7cdd4300868235ce583d0a8384abc9

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5641, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.